Image Cropper
Drag the crop box to frame exactly the part of your photo you want, freely or locked to a ratio like square, portrait or widescreen. The crop happens on a canvas in your browser, so nothing is uploaded.
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Most image formats, up to 50 megabytes each Your images never leave your deviceHow to use the Image Cropper
- Drop in your photo.
- Drag the crop box or pick a ratio preset.
- Download the cropped image.
Features
- Free crop or locked ratios: 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 9:16, 4:5.
- Drag handles and arrow key nudging for precise control.
- Rule of thirds grid to help with framing.
- Rotate and flip before cropping.
How do I crop to a specific ratio?
Pick a ratio chip such as 1:1 or 16:9 and the crop box locks to that shape while you resize or move it. Choose free if you want to draw any rectangle without a fixed ratio, which is useful when you already know the exact pixels you need.
Which ratio should you pick for which use?
1:1 square suits a profile picture or a grid based feed. 4:5 portrait is the shape Instagram gives the most vertical space to in a normal feed post. 16:9 widescreen matches a video thumbnail or a presentation slide, while 9:16 is the vertical equivalent for a Story or Reel. 4:3 and 3:2 are common camera sensor ratios, useful when you want to trim a photo slightly without changing its overall shape much.
Can you rotate or flip before cropping?
Yes, and doing it in that order matters: rotate or flip first so the image is the right way up, then draw the crop box, rather than cropping first and rotating afterward, which can cut off part of what you meant to keep once the frame turns. Both the rotation and the flip are baked into the image before the crop box is drawn, so the crop coordinates always line up with what you actually see on screen.
Frequently asked questions
Can I crop an image to an exact pixel size?
Yes, the crop box shows editable x, y, width and height fields you can type into directly for pixel precise control.
Does cropping reduce image quality?
No. Cropping only removes pixels outside the box; the pixels you keep are unchanged.
Can I use this on a touch screen?
Yes, the crop handles respond to touch as well as mouse and keyboard, so it works on a phone or tablet.
What does the rule of thirds grid do?
It overlays two evenly spaced horizontal and vertical lines across the crop box, a classic composition guide for placing the main subject near one of the line intersections rather than dead centre.
Can I nudge the crop box with the keyboard instead of dragging?
Yes, once the crop box is focused, the arrow keys move it by one pixel at a time for precise adjustments that are hard to get exactly right with a mouse or finger.
What happens to the part of the image outside the crop box?
It is discarded entirely once you download the result. If you need it later, keep the original file, since cropping cannot be undone from the downloaded output alone.
